What will I do as a volunteer?

Our volunteers take on many different roles including: stock processing, volunteer driver,pricing, customer service, administration, window displays, retail assistant, ebay, fundraising, maintenance, and so on. Often people do more than one role.

Will I be offered any training?

We will provide training on how to carry out your role and to help you develop. For example, if you are volunteering in a shop you may be given training in how to sort and prepare donations or how to use the till. We can also signpost you to various organisations if you want to get a qualification.

How many hours a week can I volunteer?

Our volunteers typically work in shifts – a morning or an afternoon. Some do one shift and some do several.

I am looking for work and on benefits, does this mean I can’t volunteer or only for limited hours?

We understand that you can volunteer for as many hours as you want as long as you are activiely looking for employment and are available for work and interviews. If you have problems about this with Jobcentre then get the name of the member of staff who advised you and we will support you in putting it right with them.